Exam AZ-801 topic 8 question 1 discussion

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/create-failover-cluster#create-a-failover-cluster-by-using-windows-powershell The following example creates a failover cluster that is named MyCluster with nodes Server1 and Server2, assigns the static IP address 192.168.1.12, and adds all eligible storage to the failover cluster New-Cluster –Name MyCluster –Node Server1, Server2 –StaticAddress 192.168.1.12 Answer is B

i think 4 1 NodeA 1 NodeB 1 Cluster IP 1 Cluster file server https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/deploy-two-node-clustered-file-server

2 x for the nodes 1 x for the role 1 x for the cluster itself

Migrate Archive1 to a new failover cluster named Cluster3 that will run Windows Server 2022. - Cluster3 will contain two physical nodes named Node1 and Node2. - The file shares on Cluster3 will be a failover cluster role in active-passive mode. 2 nodes + Cluster = 3 IP Addresses

Given answer is correct

To create a two-node file server cluster, you would typically need a minimum of five IP addresses: 1. IP address for the first node. 2. IP address for the second node. 3. An IP address for the cluster itself. 4. IP addresses for the file share or services running on the cluster. Usually, at least one is needed, but this may vary depending on your configuration. 5. An additional IP address for the management or administration interface, if used separately.

"The file shares on Cluster3 will be a failover cluster role in active-passive mode"

The answer is 4. 1 per node (2 nodes) + 1 for the Cluster3 + 1 for the Cluster FileServer Role. Question clearly states Active/Passive which is General Purpose. Active/Active would be SoFS. It is clearly stated in the case study.

First I thought it was 4, it does not say old fashion or scale out file server. But minimum we could make scale out file server. Then only: 2 hosts and 1 virtual ip is 3. Answer is correct

It is a failover cluster instance. It needs 4 IP addresses: 1 for the cluster 1 for each node 1 for cluster role

A cluster takes at least 2 ip per server- one for storage and one for management- then for some dedicated migration- you might have one for the share resources- I would say 5

Without more information on file share type, the minimum required IP addresses does seem to be 3. So answer seems to be correct.

This question is crazy- so a cluster takes at least 2 ip per server- one for storage and one for management- then for some dedicated migration- you might have one for the share resources- I would say 5, but the cluster could handle the share traffic just to move the data out- so i am saying 4 but i am not happy with the answer - anyone got better reasoning ?

Answer C for me

In case description in part "On-Premises Migration Plan" there is such sentence: "The file shares on Cluster3 will be a failover cluster role in active-passive mode" - in my opinion it means that we should use "File Server for General Use" cluster role so it needs 4 IPs

Not sure if this is correct, the failover clusters I've setup had a separate IP address for the file server failover cluster role, so the answer could be C: 4. The question does say what is the minimum, so maybe there's a way to configure the file server to use the same IP as the cluster virtual IP.